Vetplant Posted February 15, 2021 Share So with all of these stories of dry-ish shocks, a classifieds seller of a used shock can happily advertise it as "better-than-new"? Assuming that he ensured that everything is properly oiled, off course. Hairy, ChrisF, TheoG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasilvarsa Posted February 23, 2021 Share Setting the Bead on a Brand New Tubeless Tyre.Tyre is Dry Straight out of the PackagingRim is Clean and Dry.The Tool is a Tyre Liner from Sportsman's Warehouse.Stretch it tight over the tread.You can use any pump even a medium volume Hand Pump works. Edited February 23, 2021 by dasilvarsa openmind, WrightJnr, BuffsVintageBikes and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted February 25, 2021 Share Setting the Bead on a Brand New Tubeless Tyre.Tyre is Dry Straight out of the PackagingRim is Clean and Dry.The Tool is a Tyre Liner from Sportsman's Warehouse.Stretch it tight over the tread.You can use any pump even a medium volume Hand Pump works. TublissSecret.jpgtubliss.jpgInteresting. I'm going to try this. Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave303e Posted February 25, 2021 Share That frames with 'drop in' headsets and threaded bottom brackets should probably be worth more money.... i just realised again this weekend how much I 'aggressively dislike' press fit anything. Freezer and sun makes life easier... Bottom Bracket in the freezer overnight, Frame in the sun all morning. If it is into raw aluminium you can add heat and it will drop right in. Here's a hack I learned for grips that get lose and move around (especially esi grips).1. Put some double sided tape on the bars under the grip and remove that plastic covering2. Spray some windowlene on the tape (it will temporarily take the stickiness away but work fast else the grips will be stuck on half way )3. As fast as humanly possible; put the grips back on The evilist version of this I saw a few times was spray paint on motorbike grips... Spray the bar and slide the grip on using the wet paint as lube, the paint then dried and the grip was properly stuck. Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasilvarsa Posted February 26, 2021 Share Don't Waste my Money on Slide On Grips When Lock on grips are now Available @ Reasonable Prices. Slide on Grips will always give you a problem when you least Expect it. TheoG and mazambaan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted February 26, 2021 Share Don't Waste my Money on Slide On Grips When Lock on grips are now Available @ Reasonable Prices. Slide on Grips will always give you a problem when you least Expect it.Slide on grips give you more rubber between the bars and your hands vs a lock on grip which has a hard inner shell with a rubber layer over ... this for grips with the same outer diameter. I like thin grips, but want a bit of comfort. A nice slide on grip, glued to the bars = happiness. In this day and age where all brakes and shifters are easy enough to get off the bars without removing the grips like back in the day means that your grips stay on for the life of the rubber. MrJacques and ChrisF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted February 26, 2021 Share Grips. A liberal dousing of hairspray inside and on the bars, pop on. Done. Edited February 26, 2021 by Danger Dassie WrightJnr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadvdw67 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Grips. A liberal dousing inside and on the bars, pop on. Done.A liberal dousing of what exactly? Hairy and Danger Dassie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted February 26, 2021 Share A liberal dousing of what exactly? Isopropyl or brake cleaner works well for me Even just water if you got forearms like Popeye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted February 26, 2021 Share A liberal dousing of what exactly?I've used Hair spray, deodorant and window cleaner. Best was a compressor. No I just use lock-ons. ODI to be specific. WrightJnr, dasilvarsa, Skylark and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted February 26, 2021 Share A liberal dousing of what exactly? Hairspray ... soz, doing three different tasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted February 26, 2021 Share Hairspray ... soz, doing three different tasks.Does the hairspray help for when you take your helmet off at the coffee shop .............? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted February 26, 2021 Share Does the hairspray help for when you take your helmet off at the coffee shop .............? Totally, keeps it in Prodigy style ... Hairy and geomark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJacques Posted February 26, 2021 Share It's possible (and easy) to fully take apart a NX shifter (kind of by mistake). Not so easy to put it back together Edited February 26, 2021 by MrJacques TheoG and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted February 26, 2021 Share I've used Hair spray, deodorant and window cleaner. Best was a compressor. No I just use lock-ons. ODI to be specific. The lock-on grips I have seen (and removed) were all super thin hard rubber ..... The feel, grip and size of the ESI Chunky grips just works for my big hands. Are there any lock-on grips of this size and feel ? With the compressor I find it very easy to fit, shift, remove the ESI grips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted February 26, 2021 Share The lock-on grips I have seen (and removed) were all super thin hard rubber ..... The feel, grip and size of the ESI Chunky grips just works for my big hands. Are there any lock-on grips of this size and feel ? With the compressor I find it very easy to fit, shift, remove the ESI grips.The thin lock-ons are terrible. I've just removed the Syncros grips my bike came with and replaced with ODI Rogues. My favourite grips. You do get silicone lock on grips. https://bike-addict.co.za/products/redmonkey-grip-silicone-klampz-lock-on Wether they are as nice as the ESI ones I won't know. ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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